Sometimes big decisions by others force you into making big decisions of your own. After 12 years of slinging code in the software industry (all with crazy start ups) I am leaving my career. After much deliberation, hand wringing, number crunching, and other such stuff, my wife and I have decided to make some major [...]
Tomorrow I leave with my family (2 kids, one 4 years one 6 months, wish me luck!) for vacation. We are heading off to southwest Florida to visit my parents. Checking the weather I see that we are possibly in for some “fun” early next week. Hopefully our foolishness, going to Florida in August, will [...]
Geiranger Fjord, Norway by vigour
Thoughts of learning a new language (not a programming language!) have been part of my fiber for a long time. I ran across this very interesting blog post today about how Norwegian is the easiest language to learn for English speakers. Hmmm… this and my recent fascination with Black Metal might [...]
I find that I just do not care much about the Olympics. I do however find these horrid pictures of a Hungarian weightlifter destroying his elbow repulsively fascinating. Ouch.
frustrations by tina p.
I have managed to stay on top of my email and the rest of my digital life, save for one thing, my bookmarks. There are lots of techniques and tools for managing your inbox, your files, your music, etc… There are also tools that purport to help you manage your bookmarks. Delicious [...]